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Data Quality Specialist (Contract)

Hybrid, 1 or 2 days a month in the West Midlands Office • Contract • £450.00-£525.00 Per Day

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Summary

Overview

Job Title: Data Quality Specialist (Contract)
Location: Hybrid – West Midlands office (1–2 days/month)
Contract: 6 months
Day Rate: &£450–£525/day (Outside IR35)
Start: ASAP

Are you a data quality professional with a passion for turning messy data into trusted assets? We're looking for a Data Quality Specialist to help assess, improve, and embed data quality practices across key domains including customer, property, and finance.

What You&'ll Be Doing

  • Assess current data quality across critical domains

  • Profile data to identify issues: duplicates, gaps, invalid formats, inconsistencies

  • Define "what good looks like” in partnership with data owners and stewards

  • Develop and deliver practical remediation plans and see them through to resolution

  • Set up sustainable processes for triage, monitoring, and governance

  • Communicate progress clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

  • Share knowledge and help build internal data quality capabilities

What Success Looks Like

  • Visible progress against remediation plans

  • Engaged business teams who understand and own data quality

  • Clear processes and controls in place for sustainable improvement

  • Increased confidence in data for reporting and operations

Must-Have Skills && Experience

  • Strong data quality and profiling expertise (customer and asset data in particular)

  • Proficient in SQL for data analysis and issue investigation

  • Experience managing remediation activities and root cause analysis

  • Solid stakeholder engagement and communication skills

  • Familiar with Microsoft data tools (Excel Power Query, Power BI)

  • Understanding of data migration, cleansing, and validation principles

  • Experience working with Dynamics 365 (Customer Engagement, Property Cloud, or F&&O)

Desirable

  • Experience in the housing sector or with housing management systems (e.g. ActiveH)

  • Exposure to data governance frameworks and data quality tools (e.g. Microsoft Purview)

  • Understanding of asset lifecycle data and compliance use cases

  • Experience supporting rollout of data quality KPIs/dashboards

  • Agile delivery experience

This is a hands-on, business-facing role ideal for someone who enjoys solving real-world data challenges and making a lasting impact. You'll work with transformation leads, data owners, and operational teams to drive change where it matters most.

Interested? Apply now to find out more.